Clark v. Wakefern Food Corp.

OPINION BY

KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 Clark filed a slip-and-fall action for injuries she allegedly suffered at a Shop Rite store. She appeals from the denial of her motion to amend the complaint to correct the name of the corporate owner of the store and the consequent dismissal of her complaint on statute of limitations grounds. We believe the refusal to amend the complaint was error and therefore, reverse.

¶ 2 In this case:(a) the defendant store was served under the name of Shop Rite, which is its “corporate name” under Pa.R.C.P. 2176, as it is the name under which the corporate entity that owns the…